AIR Founder Shares His Thoughts On 5th Anniversary Of Pro Tools Expert

Peter Georges, the man behind the AIR instruments, has emailed to share his memories of the early days of the blog. Peter has a long history in the music industry as a journalist, founder of Wizoo and more recently UJAM, the project he started with Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams since leaving Avid.

We’ll let him tell the story.

“Hey Russ, I still remember getting that LinkedIn message from that guy unknown to me:

“Hi Peter, I’m in the process of creating a Blog for users of AIR Instruments, a special place for those of us who use the fantastic instruments. I would be thrilled if you would consider helping build this group and in turn develop the user base.”

Frankly, I was on my way out of Digidesign at the time, and I didn’t think that blog would go anywhere. You believed more in the products I had initiated than I (disenchanted by the corporate daily grind at the time) did at the time.

5 years later, I praise and congratulate you for two great achievements: Having identified a bunch of great products and got them the love they deserved (and more than once doing a better job than the people who got paid for it) and building a strong fan base for yourself. Amazing job by yourself and the team. I know what you can pull off, so here’s to continuing that success for years to come.”